Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 314 Impeachment

In the room, Sirius poured himself and Kingsley each a cup of tea.

"When Dumbledore came before, I already told him that I had more important matters to attend to. I'm sorry, I won't be returning to the Order of the Phoenix. Finish this cup of tea and leave."

Kingsley didn't touch the tea in front of him. "The more important thing, is it about planting potatoes?"

Sirius raised an eyebrow. "Say what you will, Kingsley. I have a child to take care of, remember? I'm not going to take any more risks."

"By Merlin, how could you say such a thing?" Kingsley said in astonishment. "I never imagined Sirius Black could be afraid of death."

"Afraid of death?" Sirius's eyes widened, and he almost got angry, but he quickly exhaled. "Alright, that reverse psychology won't work on me. Yes, I am a little afraid of death now, Kingsley."

"I used to not care about life, nor did I think life was anything precious, because I had nothing to hold me back."

"Back then, I could carry out the most difficult tasks and fight the most dangerous wizards without fear, because death to me was nothing more than leaving this terrible world and finally finding peace."

"But now, things are different. There is a child who needs me. He has already lost so much, and I can hardly imagine what it would be like for him to lose me as well; it would break my heart."

Kingsley was silent for a moment. "You have changed, Sirius."

"OK, OK, you can call me a coward all you want."

Kingsley shook his head. "I wouldn't say that. In the past, you and James were brave to the point of arrogance in the Order of the Phoenix, but that was just based on youthful ignorance. Later, James had important people in his life and responsibilities, so he learned the value of life. And you, on the other hand, never seemed to care."

"I'm glad you understand now."

Sirius stared at him. "Aren't you going to try to persuade me?"

"You've made your decision," Kingsley said. "It's not easy to find what you truly want to do, so I won't waste my breath."

Sirius was somewhat surprised, but he breathed a sigh of relief. After thinking for a moment, he took out the phoenix feather that Dumbledore had left him.

"Please return this to Dumbledore for me."

Kingsley didn't take it. "You should keep it. After all, you're a member of the Order of the Phoenix. There's no harm in keeping it; you never know when you might need it."

Sirius hesitated for a moment, then finally put the phoenix feather away.

He still has a deep affection for the Order of the Phoenix.

"Speaking of which, why are you back? Weren't you still wanted by the police?" Sirius asked.

"The President of the United States is visiting Britain. The relationship between Muggles and wizards there is very poor. The President has no wizards protecting him, which is very dangerous in this critical time. The President's goal is detrimental to Murphy's Muggle forces. We want him to succeed, so Dumbledore asked me to protect the President, just in case."

Sirius frowned, but finally asked the question, "How's the Order of the Phoenix doing?"

Kingsley glanced at him. "To be honest, it's not good. Murphy's influence is immense; he's built the British Ministry of Magic like an ironclad fortress, and our people can't infiltrate it. Most of the older members are under Murphy's surveillance, and our attempts to recruit new people haven't been very successful."

"You said you needed me, just because you didn't have enough manpower?" Sirius asked.

Although he understood that once he heard the other party's request, he might find it hard to refuse, he also found it hard to be completely indifferent.

“No, that’s not it,” Kingsley said. “Not long ago, the International Wizarding Federation sent an investigation team to examine the British Ministry of Magic’s compliance with the Statute of Secrecy. They also had another secret mission, but more than ten days have passed and they still haven’t contacted me.”

Sirius frowned. "I saw in the newspaper yesterday that the investigation team doesn't seem to be very popular with wizards."

"Yes, I saw it too. Their behavior is a bit off. I know those wizards, and they're not the annoying type. Besides, there's been no contact since then, so I suspect they're being controlled."

"Or they've been replaced," Sirius said. "I understand. You want me to confirm their situation?"

"Yes, in fact, we know almost nothing about the situation in the Ministry right now, and Murphy has many Black family relatives in the Ministry of Magic, so if..."

Sirius thought for a moment. If it was just about passing on some messages, it didn't seem like a big problem. "Okay, I'll go and find out. If I get any news, I'll let you know through the Guardian."

"Thank you very much, Sirius." Kingsley breathed a sigh of relief. "The President of the United States will be leaving tomorrow. I will come back after I send him away."

Sirius nodded. "How's it going on the Muggle side? Did you guys succeed?"

Kingsley sighed. "It's not that easy. Murphy seems to have done something to the Muggle Prime Minister, who has become unusually tough... Sigh, Murphy is getting more and more reckless."

"However, this won't last long. I heard the President of the United States say that the Muggle Congress might impeach the Prime Minister..."

……

The attacks on the Umbrella Corporation were brought about by the visit of the US president, but this was not solely the work of the US.

The president merely served as a catalyst.

The rise of the protective umbrella means that the ecological niche of countless large enterprises has been encroached upon, especially in the pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries.

In fact, these two industries in the UK are basically monopolized by the protection umbrella.

As long as the protective umbrella survives, they'll be left with nothing but the northwest wind.

Thus, riding the wave of presidential visits and hearings, countless "ghosts" who had been slaughtered by the protection umbrella found an opportunity to desperately kick someone when they were down.

At this point, the Prime Minister, who was under Murphy's control, unexpectedly became tough. He withstood the pressure from the President of the United States while risking a sharp decline in public opinion and poll numbers, and forcefully put the brakes on the wave of "removing the protective umbrella".

Such a contrarian behavior naturally consumes a great deal of political capital.

After the American president returned, he immediately began to impose a series of sanctions on Britain and its protectors. The parliament, which had been intimidated by its "father," immediately saw a group of "moderates" emerge, urging the prime minister not to act rashly, to respect the opinions of allies, and not to disregard the interests of his "father."

The president, controlled by the Soul Curse, was extremely stubborn and refused to listen to any advice. No matter how overwhelming the public opinion was, how much his approval ratings plummeted, or how much his own party threatened him, he remained steadfast in his support for his protectors.

After repeated setbacks, they finally realized that the prime minister was probably crazy; he actually wanted to break away from the party behind him and go it alone!

Indeed, many people were drawn to such a tough prime minister and stood by his side. However, a president under the influence of the Imperius Curse is basically a puppet, finding it difficult to skillfully win over allies and gather his own team.

The opposition parties, of course, would not let such an opportunity pass and immediately prepared to launch a motion of no confidence to vote out the current government and call for a new general election.

The Conservative Party, to which the Prime Minister belonged, was initially unhappy with this situation, but the increasingly out-of-control Prime Minister ultimately led them to decide to support the actions of their opponents.

Two months after the hearing, and after several rounds of exchanges of interests between the two sides, the British House of Commons passed a motion of no confidence against the Prime Minister.

The prime minister was forced to step down, but the government did not need to be reorganized; the ruling party would still elect a new party leader and prime minister.

(End of this chapter)